From Honey Ryder to Strawberry Fields: The ultimate guide to Bond girls

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James Bond will return in 2014 with "Bond 24," complete with the oldest and first Spanish Bond girl in the form of Penelope Cruz (Bond girl name forthcoming). What kind of Bond Girls will Cruz be? Previous Bond girls have run the gamut from tough spies who hardly need any help from Bond, to helpless heroines fainting in Bonds arms, to willing women who basically function as bed warmers, to femme fatales who nearly destroy the super spy. Check out the full range of Bond Girls, the original bikini-clad vixen to the latter-day butt-kickers. Find out which Bond Girl gave up her V-card to the spy, which bumbled into peril, which broke his heart, and which was the biggest badass of all.

James Bond will return in 2014 with "Bond 24," complete with the oldest and first Spanish Bond girl in the form of Penelope Cruz (Bond girl name forthcoming). What kind of Bond Girls will Cruz be? Previous Bond girls have run the gamut from tough spies who hardly need any help from Bond, to helpless heroines fainting in Bonds arms, to willing women who basically function as bed warmers, to femme fatales who nearly destroy the super spy. Check out the full range of Bond Girls, the original bikini-clad vixen to the latter-day butt-kickers. Find out which Bond Girl gave up her V-card to the spy, which bumbled into peril, which broke his heart, and which was the biggest badass of all. (Getty Images)

The movies: "Skyfall" The actress: Bérénice Marlohe Character type: Enigmatic and glamorous prisoner Cringeworthy name factor: Low Good or evil?: Good Ultimate fate: After being saved from sex trafficking by Raoul Silva, he ultimately kills her afte she leads Bond to him. Distressed damsel or Bond-worthy badass?: Not completely helpless, but more damsel than badass.

The movies: "Skyfall" The actress: Bérénice Marlohe Character type: Enigmatic and glamorous prisoner Cringeworthy name factor: Low Good or evil?: Good Ultimate fate: After being saved from sex trafficking by Raoul Silva, he ultimately kills her afte she leads Bond to him. Distressed damsel or Bond-worthy badass?: Not completely helpless, but more damsel than badass. (Eon Productions)